French blockbusters with international ambitions, sequels to popular franchises, visually stunning animated films… Discover the blockbusters that will mark 2023.
After a year 2022 marked by the colossal successes of Top Gun: Maverick, November or Avatar – The Waterway, what does 2023 hold for us when it comes to blockbusters? French blockbusters with international ambitions (Asterix, The three Musketeers), highly anticipated sequels to popular franchises (John Wick, FastX) and animated films that should once push the limits of the medium (Spider-Man Alone Against All, Super Mario Bros.). Discover the 20 blockbusters that will mark 2023.
• “Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom”
The irreducible Gauls imagined by Goscinny and Uderzo return in the guise of Guillaume Canet and Gilles Lellouche in a new, original adventure which will take them this time to China to save a princess. The cast with Marion Cotillard, Jonathan Cohen, Orelsan, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is impressive.
Release date: February 1st
• “Knock At The Cabin”
After the success of Old(2021), M. Night Shyamalan is already back. In this thriller carried by Jonathan Groff (Matrix Resurrections), Rupert Grint (Harry Potter) and Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy), a family captured by strangers must kill one of their own to prevent the imminent end of the world…
Release date: February 1st
• “Alibi.com 2”
One year later Despite himself superheroesPhilippe Lacheau has already finished his new film, a sequel toAlibi.com. As Greg proposes to Flo, he decides to introduce her to his family. But between a crook father and a mother ex-actress of charm movies, he must find an ultimate alibi and more presentable fake parents…
Release date: February 8
• “John Wick Chapter 4”
After three years of waiting, the sequel to the adventures of John Wick is finally released in cinemas. Keanu Reeves stacks up for a new installment partly shot in Paris which promises to be explosive. The actor – who performs his stunts himself – will notably face the star of Chinese cinema Donnie Yen. Anthology fights to be expected.
Release date: March 22
• “Super Mario Bros., the movie”
On paper, no one believed it. trailers, with French dubbing acclaimed by the whole world, yet everyone agreed. The adaptation of the famous video game by Illumination (Minions) will be one of the events of the year. And should put on a visually splendid spectacle.
Release date: March 29
• “The three Musketeers”
It is the most ambitious French film of the year: a two-part adaptation (d’Artagnan/Milady) of a literary classic, with a host of stars (François Civil, Vincent Cassel) and a colossal budget (72 million euros). The first trailer presents an epic fresco like France rarely produces.
Release date: April 5 (d’Artagnan) and December 13 (Milady).
• “Suzume”
Makoto Shinkai, director of Your Name.offers a new love story with an ecology background to be discovered in the cinema. susumewhich met with great success in Japan, follows the story of a teenager who meets a young traveler in search of an ancestral door.
Release date: April 12
• “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”
A final journey for the Guardians of the Galaxy, the team of merry-go-rounds consisting of Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Nebula, and Groot. MCU Phase 5 Flagship Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will also mark James Gunn’s farewell to Marvel Studios, the director now being in charge of DC’s destiny.
Release date: May 3
• “Fast X”
After a difficult start (pandemic, change of director), the penultimate part of the saga Fast & Furious will hit theaters nicely next year. We still do not know the story of this film, except that it will mark the arrival in the saga of Jason Momoa and Brie Larson.
Release date: May 17
• “Spider-Man – Across the Spider-Verse”
The first part, in 2018, won over audiences with its revolutionary animation techniques. Its suite, baptized in English Across the Spider-Versewill feature 240 characters in six different universes – and each of these universes will be represented in a different graphic style.
